Lakers Jake LaRavia Exited With an Injury in 105-127 Win Over Golden State Warriors
Los Angeles steamrolled GSW in their season opener victory, winning by more than 20 points. However, LA’s exhilarating night ended with a causality. The Lakers Jake LaRavia exited in the fourth quarter with an injury in the dominating 105-127 win over the Golden State Warriors.
After a strong shooting preseason for Jake LaRavia coming off a tough end to his previous campaign from the perimeter. He opened Wednesday night by drilling a 3 from the corner in the final minute of the first to put LA up 34-33 after 12 minutes.
Jake played extremely well all game, but then went down in the final minutes of the matchup. LaRavia seemed to roll his ankle late versus the Warriors after posting 10 PTS, 2 REB & 2 AST in 18 MIN off the bench. LaRavia was clearly writhing in pain on the ground. Play had continued on so all other players were down on the other end of the court. The Lakers finally had to take a timeout in order to properly attend to Jake’s injury.
As medical staff poured onto the court, Jake was down in pain under the Lakers basket. He needed help to get back to his feet, but was able to put weight on his leg going back to the locker room. Appeared like he may have tweaked his ankle. JJ Redick says there’s no update on Jake LaRavia, but that he(JJ) feels a little better now than when it initially happened. Said he’ll have an update next time he does media.
When the incident first occurred, Jake LaRavia had remained down, grabbing at his right ankle. Eventually, he would get up and gingerly walk to the locker room with a trainer. Hobbling to the back. A very tough sight to see and tough end to the game for him – he’d been terrific. After being helped off the court it was decided by medical staff that Jake would not return.
Lakers Jake LaRavia Exited With an Injury in 105-127 Win Over Golden State Warriors
His performance during the Lakers season opener demonstrated great preparation on his part. Jake LaRavia, who had a strong preseason; was 4 for 5 with a pair of 3’s for 10 bench points in 18 minutes (+14) tonight, before appearing to roll his ankle with 5:34 to play.
His excellent play against the Warriors was no accident. He was ready. When asked before the game about his preparations for the Warriors after seeing them twice in preseason. LaRavia states, “I think it’s got to be pretty similar to the preseason matchups where we’re playing them, obviously. They got good players over there. And for me personally, just continuing to do my role off the bench: being an energy guy, coming in, being a physical defender, knocking down 3s, creating extra possessions for the team.” Jake definitely did his job. We’re hoping he has a speedy recovery.
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